In The Older Days | | 13 |
One by one the little cabins are built along the river bank |
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After the Revolution | | 26 |
In the days of its glory, the Old Town was famed and prosperous |
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War’s Worst Horrors | | 37 |
Shelled by 181 guns for hours, the town becomes a crumbled ruin |
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The First Battle | | 48 |
When, at Marye’s Heights and Hamilton’s Crossing, war claimed her sacrifice |
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At Chancellorsville | | 55 |
The Struggle in the Pine Woods when death struck at Southern hearts |
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Two Great Battles | | 64 |
The fearful fire swept Wilderness, and the Bloody Angle at Spottsylvania |
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Heroes of Early Days | | 70 |
The Old Town gives the first Commander, first Admiral and Great Citizens |
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Men of Modern Times | | 98 |
Soldiers, Adventurers and Sailors, Heroes and Artists, mingle here |
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Unforgotten Women | | 123 |
Some of Many Who Left a Record of Brilliancy, Service or Sacrifice |
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At the Rising Sun | | 133 |
Where Famous Men Met; and Mine Host Brewed Punch and Sedition |
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Lafayette Comes Back | | 139 |
After Forty Years of Failure, He Hears the Echo of His Youthful Triumph |
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Old Court Record | | 142 |
Staid Documents, Writ by Hands That Are Still, Are History For Us |
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Echoes of the Past | | 151 |
“Ghosts of Dead Hours, and Days That Once Were Fair” |
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Where Beauty Blends | | 165 |
Old Gardens, at Old Mansions, Where Bloom Flowers from Long Ago |
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Church and School | | 173 |
How They Grew in the New World; Pathways to the Light |
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The Church of England | | 181 |
First in Virginia, the Church of England Has the Longest History |
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The 250th Birthday | | 188 |
Fredericksburg Celebrates an Anniversary |
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Appendix | | 199 |